As a seasoned gamer who grew up in the golden age of arcade racing, Parking Garage Rally Circuit has me feeling like I’ve just stumbled upon a hidden treasure chest filled with my childhood memories. It’s as if Tim FitzRandolph, aka Walaber, had reached into my gaming past, plucked out the essence of what made those 90s racers so addictive, and crafted this delightful gem.
Experiencing Parking Garage Rally Circuit will evoke a swift burst of cozy nostalgia for anyone who played SEGA arcade racers in the mid-90s, owned a Saturn, or appreciated Excite Truck on Nintendo Wii. Firing it up gives the sensation of an 8-bit computer merging with Sega’s 32-bit console, offering a retro aesthetic and interface that leads to a deliberately rough-edged, low-polygon racer set in multi-story parking lots, accompanied by a ska soundtrack. It might not be on par with Gran Turismo, but it’s incredibly addicting.
Experience the delightful simplicity of this arcade racer, skillfully crafted by the solo studio Walaber, famously known as JellyCar’s mastermind Tim FitzRandolph. It captures the essence of the classic racers from yesteryears. You’ll find eight unique cars and eight dynamic tracks, each set in distinctive thematic locations. One moment you might be cruising through San Francisco streets, and the next, speeding past the iconic Mount Rushmore. Each track is filled with numerous challenging hairpin turns, much like a Mario Kart game, where every location offers its own unique challenges, hazards, and dilemmas. For instance, while racing on the mountainous Mt.Rushmore track, you’ll need to dodge or maneuver around falling boulders and rocks. Another track features an exciting power outage during the race, adding a thrilling layer of danger.
The main hook of the racing is the use of drifting. The controls involve pulling on the right trigger to accelerate, the left to brake, but there is a specific face button which executes the drift, which is signified by a crackling lightning effect on your motor, as you lean into corners. Like a well-loved mode on the classic Outrun 2, risking a particularly lengthy drift can mean big rewards as the subsequent boost pulls you into the lead like a slingshot. But drifting too much or at the wrong time can see you in trouble, and this isn’t afraid to throw your car all over the place like a ragdoll. It is such a fun time.
Advancing in the Parking Garage Rally Circuit grants access to an assortment of fresh vehicles, with each course requiring a specific time threshold to move forward. The difficulty increases across three distinct classes – Light, Heavy, and Ultra – with Heavy class offering vehicles that boast greater power.
One thing about Parking Garage Rally Circuit is that you don’t actually race against other physical cars. You challenge ghosts of racers past, which provides a good guide as to the kind of driving you need to be doing to crack the best times. Some may find this jarring, but I think that this decision is a logical one because of the intimate nature of the circuits and how busy it would be with lots of other vehicles in play. That said, the multiplayer will pull in better ghosts based on players on the leaderboards, so there’s something to aim for.
Shaving seconds off your times in solo rally mode becomes a chronic addiction if you love this kind of game. It just feels so fun to play that it is almost impossible to dislike. My sole criticism is that at just eight cars and tracks, it can be beaten pretty quickly. But this was never intended to be a huge, big budget release, and I get the distinct impression that there could very well be downloadable content for this one somewhere down the line. The nature of the racing and its physics lends itself well to more fantastical and outlandish car parks to race in, so I look forward to seeing what Walaber does with it. Parking Garage Rally Circuit an ode to the classics that deserves to be a big success.
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2024-09-20 15:16